Pacific International Lines will start calling at the Port of Seattle in February.
PIL’s new will call at Terminal 30 in partnership with China Shipping Container Lines and United Arab Shipping Co’s existing joint service. The service will have the following port rotation: Nansha, China; Hong Kong; Yantian and Ningbo, China; Shanghai; Busan, South Korea; Seattle; Vancouver; Nansha.
PIL, the 14th largest global container carrier, according to Alphaliner, is the second major container line in the past year to begin calling at Seattle, after the Washington port welcomed UASC to its harbor in May 2013, in partnership with CSCL. As of December 2013, PIL owns or operates a fleet of 193 vessels with a total capacity of 378,167 TEUs. The container line is expecting another 13 container vessels of 51,100 TEUs, plus two new multi-purpose vessels, which will be delivered by December 2014.
PIL's new Asia Pacific North West Service rotation.
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